Card-holder



GARD HOLDER.

No. 513,714. Patented Jan. 30, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

FRANK J. MCARDLE AND JOHN B. FURAY, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

CARD-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,714, dated January30, 1894.

Application filed October 22, 1892. Serial No. 449,562- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK J. MOARDLE and JOHN B. FURAY, of Omaha, inthe county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have inv nted certainnewand useful Improvements in Card-Holders; and we do hereby declare thfollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable oth rs skilled in the art to which it appertain tomake and use the same.

Our invention is an improvement in cardholders designed for itssimplicity, durabliity and efficiency of construction and adapted tohold advertising and display labels or cards, in such a manner that theymay be readily detached and others substituted in their place. A furtherobject of our invention is to so construct the holders that they may bereadily and easily united in a parallel series thereby being adapted tohold larger cards and at the same time making a flexible surface thatmay easily be made to conform to the curvature of the surface on whichit is desired to secure the holder. 1

A further object of our invention is to supply novel means forpreventing the cards from twisting or warping from the holder, under theinfluence of moisture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description and novel features thereof will be particularlypointed out in the claim.

There are various forms which this device may take on and still bewithin the spirit of our invention, and we do not desire to confineourselves to the exact construction and location of parts herein shownand described.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar letters of referencedesignate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a front view of thecard-holder showing -two cards inserted. Fig. 2 is a front view of aseries of two of the holders united, and in which are placed two smallcards and one large one. Fig.3 is a sectional View through the line00-00 Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the line y--y Fig. 2.Fig. 5 is a side view of the spring strip G.

A is the main portion of the holder which is made of sheet metal orother suitable ma terial and which is bent or pressed in such a manneras to form one or more corrugations B. The longer edges of A are bentupward and backward to form the grooves O D, which are intended toreceive the edges of the cards E F, the shorter edges of which are shownin dotted lines in Fig. 1. Directly over the shorter edges of the cardsis situated the metal strip G, which is bent in the form shown in Fig.5, the ends of which are placed in the grooves O D, so that the convexsurface of the strip will be toward the card, thereby exerting aconstant pressure on the card thus preventing the card from warpingoutward and away from the surface A. A further object of the strips G isto obscure the line of meeting of the cards E F and at the same timefurnish an ornamental and prominent line of division between the severaladvertisements.

In Fig. 2, we have represented two of the holders, as shown in Fig. 1,united by the strips, shown in Fig. 2, by means of dotted lines II whichare preferably of flexible material and which are secured to back of thesurfaces A by means of rivets or other suit able means.

In the holder as shown in Fig. 2 we have placed two small advertisingcards 15 and one larger one I, the latter extending over and obscuringthe line of juncture of the two holders.

In order to place the card in theholder, the former is made to assume acurve, thereby causing the distance between its edges to diminish, whenits edges are placed against the grooves C D with the concave surface ofthe card toward the surface A, when it is allowed to assume its naturalposition and it will be readily seen that its edges will pass into thegrooves C D. The strips G are then placed in the position describedabove.

We do not desire to confine ourselves to any particular form of theholder as it may be made either flat or curved to conform to anysurface, neither do we confine ourselves to any particular number of theholders being united in a parallel series as it may be desired to usethem singly.

The construction and arrangement of the several parts of our holderbeing thus made known, the operation and advantages of the same will, itis thought be readily understood.

We have described the best form of construction now used by us, but itwill be understood that we intend to cover mechanical equivalents whensuch are substituted.

Having thus fully described ourinvention, What we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a card holder, the combination of the main portion of the holder,which is constructed of sheet metal and formed with one or morecorrugations B, the longer edges of the said main portion of the holderbeing bent upward and backward to form grooves O, D, to receive theedges of the cards, spring metal strips G, situated over the shorteredges of the cards, which are of concavo-convex form,

and have their convex bearing against the a 5 said card and their endssprung, into the grooves G, D, and means for securing said portions ofthe holders flexibly together in parallel series, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof We have signed this 20 specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK J. MCARDLE. JOHN B. FURAY.

Witnesses:

R. B. WALLACE, W. C. FAIRBROTHER.

